ADCs and Scouts work slightly differently. An ADC speaks to senior officers and can move along a line assess its placement and observe opposing enemy lines. He can assess the condition and situation of friendly troops and may be able to get more information from officers than they provide through short telegraph messages.
Scouts specialize in infiltrating lines and interviewing enemy soldiers and civilians to find out the location, strength and other information about the enemy.
When an engagement is taking place, enemy pickets are on alert and scouts will be reluctant to spend much time trying to pass through and gather information inside enemy lines that are deployed for battle. Rather than sending a scout to where an enemy position is known, it may be more beneficial to send a scout to areas where you don't know the location of the enemy, so he can seek them out. ADCs are more useful going to where lines oppose the enemy.
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